Shipping container



M. CLEVELAND SHIPPING coNTAINER Filed Jan.

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- fromm Patented Dee. 7.1926@ UNITED STATES M/INOT CLEVELAND,iF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO ANDERSON BOX 0F ANIDQERJSON', IN'IDI'ANAyAl CORPORATION.

COMPANY,

sHIPHNG CONTAINER.

Application ined Janary. 11, 1924. serial Nb. 685,582.

This invention relates to a chick box` for shipping young chicks. y

Chick boxes of this character are usually constructed substantially as shown `and de-\ scribed herein, excepting that the partitions employed are not connected. or fastened in any Wa to the floor or bottom of the box. In the s iipment of the chicks, when the box is lifted the. weight causes the bot-l v 1U tom to sag slightly, leaving a space between the surface of the bottomand the partitions sufficiently to catch the toes and legs of the chicks and cause them `to -be broken or muti'- lated and thereby injuring and laming such chicks. It is the object of this invention to provide an anchor connecting the partitions and the bottom of the box with each other so. as to prevent the sagging' thereof, or their separation. As shown herein, the anchor means comprises a strip of adheslve tape or paper which is secured to the partition and ex tends through a suitable slot in the bottom `so as to enable it to be secured to the under side thereof. Such tape rigidly and firmly Walls thereof for affording ain-to the chicks contained therein,the box being sup,

plied with aflid ofthe usual type not shown herein. Mounted within the box, there are partitions 12 of the usual character, the part5 titions as shown herein extending across the center of the box in both directions so as to form four/separate compartments.

For anchoringl the partitions to the floor -13 of the box, there are employed a plurality l of anchor strips 14. The 'anchor strips, as .herein` contem lated, are'- c omprised of a strip of paper-having adhesive on one side such as is commonly used in sealing or securing `packages and the like. 1' Said strip is secured to one side'of the partition to be anchored, ,with one end thereof extending over the top and downA the other side to side' of the partition` to be anchored, and having a length substantially the same as the Width of the anchorl strip. The free end of the anchor strip is inserted through the slot so that it may 'be .folded against and secured to the under side 'of the bottom 13.

`Whethe anchor strip is secured in place, as

above described, with the bottom 13 held irmly against the lower adj acentledge of the partition 12, `itwill maintain these parts permanently in that relation, and, therefore, prevent any sagging or separat-ion thereof. vThere Imay be one or more strips used for each partition,'a number of the strips and the spacing thereof; depending largely upon the weight supported by the bottom 13.

`While the strips have been'described herein as formedfrom the usual'adhe ive paper, it is obvious that they may be foried of any material Awhether paper, fabric or metal; and where a metal anchor strip is used, it ma be l' which itis likewise secured. A slot 15 is cut 1n the bottom of the box' 413 adjacent one held firmly in position by simply ben ing Y the saine inthe form shown in Fig. 2.

Where a chickbox is' constructed with such anchor strips as shown, there could be no sagging or separation without the breaking ofthe strips. Therefore, the strips need only have suiiicient tensile strength 'to withstand the weight of the contents of the-box.

With respect to othe ports 11, they may be originally cutVV so that theplug'v 16 will .re main in position, i. e., by not cutting the material all `the way through at certain intervals so as-t/o provide'one or more small connecting tabs for holding the plug in position. However, the cutting of the ports is such that the plug or closure may be readily removed by punching it out. When the box is furnished to theshipper, the plugs 16 remain in position so that the shi perl can punch 'out only such plugs as'may enecessary to secure proper ventilation, depending upon the .number of chicks contained, the weather, etc. .It will be readily understood that this is a very desirable feature, as other wise there is danger of exposure on the one extreme and s'uocation on the other. f The adjacent said slot,"and an adhesive tape se# cured to said partition intermediate its ends extending through said slot and secured to the underside of said bottom, whereby` said y bottom will be firmly held against the lower edge of said partition and any separation thereof will be prevented.

2. The combinationwitliA a shipping container having side walls and a bottom pr'ovided with a slot formed therein lbetween the lateral edges thereof, of a partition wall mounted in said container having one side adjacent said slot, and an adhesive tape secured to one side of said partition intermediate its ends, said tape havin one end overlapping the top edge thereo and the other end extending through said slot and secured to the under sideof .the bottom, whereby said bottom will be firmly held against the flower edge of the partition for preventingy any sagging thereof. p

3. The combination with a chick box having a plurality of erforated outer walls, and a bottom provid) extending from wall to wall along said bottom, and a plurality of adhesive tapes secured to said partitions intermediate their ends and arranged to extend' through Vsaid slots and be secured' t the under side of the bottom, whereby said bottom will vbe held firmly against the lower edges of said parti` tions.` e

vIn witness whereof, I have lhereunto aiixed my signature. MIN OT CLEVELAND.

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ed with a plurality of y '-slots intermediate its side-edges, of a plurality ofrpartitions mounted iny said box and 

